Means for composing photographic printing-designs from various original pictures or patterns by means of division-lines.



A. BRANDWEINER. MEANS FOR OOMPOSING PHOTOGRAPHIO PRINTING DESIGNS FROMVARIOUS ORIGINAL PIGTURES OR PATTERNS BY MEANS OF DIVISION LINESAPPLIOATION FILED NOV. 27, 1908.

Patented May 2, 1911.

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MEANS FOR COMPOSING PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTING-DESIGNS FROM: VARIOUS ORIGINALPICTURES OB PATTERNS BY MEANS OE DIVISION-LINES.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, AooLr BRANDWEINER, a subject of the German Emperor,residing at Stuttgart, Bavaria, in the Empire of Germany,- have inventeda new and useful method and means for composing photographicprinting-designs from various original pictures or patterns by means ofdivision-lines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a method of and means for composing photographicnegatives of composite pictures or designs by means of a plurality ofruled screens in conjunction with pivoted carriers connected with aphotographic camera.

Heretofore photographic designs have been obtained by gradually shiftingtransparent copies of the separate components of the design by means ofa precision device and then reproducing these in successive portions ona stationary sensitized plate by repeated exposures and readjustments.For very complicated designs it has been necessary to prepare in thismanner intermediate photographic pictures which subsequently had to bere-arranged part by part and then finally again photographed so as toprovide a complete original for the engraver of checks and bank-notes.These repeated photographings render the lines indistinct and even unfitfor use in high class work or prints.

The object of my invention is to provide a method and apparatus whichenables the most complicated pictures or designs to be composed fromoriginal transparent pic tures in a precise and sharply defined mannerand directly photographed on a sensitized plate. For this purpose Iprovide a ruled frame suitably numbered, upon which the pictures ordesigns are shaped together, cut and composed by hand from diversseparate photographic or other transparent pictures. These preparedtransparent patternpictures are then trimmed and removed and carefullyplaced in the same order upon a movable carrier connected with the frontof a photographic camera and fitted with a transparent screen ruled inthe same manner as the aforementioned composing frame so that theindividual parts of the picture may be readily disposed in an accurateupright position and in the exact order as previously composed. Theseruled screens are only Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 27, 1908.

Patented May 2, 1911.

Serial No. 464,669.

used for composing and for adjusting the parts of pictures in thephotographic ap paratus. I also provide means for adjusting thetransparent pattern pictures at an angle in front of the photographiclens so as to enable distorted or shadow pictures to be produced. Theaforesaid means consist essentially of two compound pivoted carriersconnected with the photographic apparatus so as to receive the originalpicture and turn and move or adjust the same in any desired direction,each carrier being provided or supplemented with a hinged ruled so 'eenfor the purpose previously mentioned. I am aware that it has beenpreviously proposed to fit a photographic apparatus of a similar kindwith a rotary and endwise moving carrier as well as with a perforated orruled screen or stencil.

The accompanying drawings show my in proved apparatus.

Figure 1 is a diagrammatical perspective view of the combinedphotographic apparatus with two adjustable pivoted compound carriers andtwo hinged ruled screens. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the composingframe. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the apparatus showing morefully the camera and arrangements of parts.

For my purpose I require three similarly ruled screens a, a and o Thescreen (4 serves for composing by hand, from separate original partstransparent pattern pictures for direct and complete reproduction onsensitized surfaces, or for taking a photographic picture. The screen ais placed in front of the lens of the photographic apparatus, while thescreen a is placed within the apparatus near the film or sensitizedplate-carrier. These screens consist advantageously of transparentplates ruled with cross-lines. The plate a is mounted upon a frame orstand I) on four feet so as to serve in composing pictures by hand. Thescreens or plates a a are correspondingly ruled and numbered, and theyare hinged at 0, 0 so as to turn down when desired.

The photographic apparatus comprises two rails 29 and g on which aremounted the slidable base block 0 for the pattern picture carrier andslidable base block d for the sensitized plate carrier.

The pattern picture-carrier consists of a disk m a mounted so as to turnin a ring h on an axis 2 by virtue of pivots retained in bearings 78.The ring h is capable of turning in asliding holder 9 which can move upand down in a frame f, the latter being slidable toward the right andleft in a frame 0. The sensitized plate-carrier within and forming therear portion of the camera is constructed in like manner, of a disk m nwhich turns in a ring 7&1 on an axis 2 by means of pivots 2' retained inbearings is, said ring turning in a sliding holder g vertically movablein a frame f which latter slides laterally in a frame 6 The patternpicture-carrier is mounted in its base-block c by means of a pivot 1",while the sensitized-plate carrier is mounted in its base block (Z bymeans of pivot s. A handle and pointer Z or serves to adjust the carrierring it or it in its holder 9 or 9 The operation is as follows :F orcomposing a complete transparent pattern-picture, the separate originalphotographic pro ductions, whether negative or positive of any desiredobjects, are placed upon the ruled screen a (Fig. 2) and adjusted byhand side by side or partly one over another as may be necessary. Alloverlapping edges are then cut off so that the remaining portionsaccurately adjoin each other and form the re quired pattern picture.This transparent pattern-picture is then placed on the disk m, n of thepicture carrier and carefully adjusted in position by looking throughthe transparent screen (6 which should be placed as near as possible tothe picture carrier, and turning and displacing the latter up, down orsidewise until the adjustment is perfect. The adjustment can be readilycarried. out in a dark room with a light placed close to the back of thetransparent patternpicture. After the completion of this adjustment, thescreen (1 is turned down on its hinge 0. A pattern picture thus producedmay form a complete picture in itself, or it may serve as a repeatportion for the final picture to be completed in the photographiccamera. Next the camera 10 is adjusted for the desired size of thephotographic picture. Then the screen a within the camera is erectedclosely in front of the sensitized plate-carrier which latter at thisperiod is furnished with a focusing plate. Any final adjustment can nowbe effected by alternately displacing the pattern-picture carrier m aand the plate carrier m 92 If the pattern picture serves as a repeat forthe final photographic picture, the carrier m n is repeatedly moved intothe various positions for the correct adjoining of the repeat, thevarious positions being carefully marked. The screen a is now turneddown and the sensitized plate is inserted in place of the focusing platewhereupon an exposure can be effected for obtaining a negative in theusual manner. If the pattern picture forms only a. repeat-portion of anycomplete composite picture, a re-adjustment of either or both of thecarriers follows an exposure until the final and complete photographicnegative is obtained.

1 claiml. The method of obtaining photographic negatives of compositepictures or designs by means of a plurality of similarly ruled screensin conjunction with pivoted carriers connected with a photographiccamera which consists in first composing by hand upon a separate ruledscreen a transparent pattern picture from various separate components,then recomposing said pattern picture on a carrier by the aid of asimilar hinged ruled screen disposed adjacent to the carrier and infront of a photographic camera and finally adjusting the position of thedesign of the pattern picture on the sensitized plate by means of athird ruled screen disposed within the photographic camera in front ofthe focusing plate, substantially as hereinbefore described.

2. An apparatus for obtaining composite pictures, comprising aphotographic camera having a ruled screen and an adjustable sensitizedplate carrier within and an identically ruled screen and pattern-picturecarrier without, all mounted slidably upon a pair of longitudinal rails,as hereinbcfore described.

ADOLF BRANDXVETNER.

Witnesses Ananmcnr BAUER, EnNns'r ENTENMANN.

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